gyoza on 15 Sep 2005 17:35:19 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu install wont boot


LeRoy Cressy wrote:

> gyoza@comcast.net wrote:
> >For future reference, you might have been able to boot into single user
> >mode and get in without a password.
>
> booting into single user mode should ask you for the root password.


I know for a fact that Ubuntu will not ask for a password when going
into runlevel 1.  I did it last night as a test.  Maybe it's because the
root account is disabled.  It's not good for security, that's fer sure.
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